It's

21st of December 2016. I'm Martin yelling. He's Tom Williams and this is

episode 363 of Marathon Talk. That's marathon talk. I'm going to On this week's show, Tony gets ready for the first ever marathon tour Christmas pub quiz which is this Friday

live on Facebook the fitness rewards 12 days of Christmas challenge continues

Tom Logs another zero and speaks to journalists and author Ed Caesar. We've got news from

Monday DCMS select committee session with British Cycling, you guys rock your

kids around the world, stand the top of fitness rewards listener podium and training talk helps us through our festive challenges.

Tom Williams, another zero?

Another zero. Would you believe it? What's going on?

I know. I know.

Well, I did mention it last week, I think, didn't I?

I wasn't feeling fantastic.

And I've not been feeling fantastic.

And I've not been feeling fantastic. And I've had a weird combination of head cold stroke

kind of chestiness stroke. I thought you'd have stroke then. I was wondering what you were going on about.

Stroke indigestions, stroke just feeling grotty.

Rubbish and a bit of Christmas lurgy.

And I always felt, I just felt the whole time that if I ran one I'd hate it to it would probably make me

iller and three wouldn't really benefit me so I logged another zero I don't feel I mean

I ran yesterday for the first time in eight days so we're

calling on Tuesday around on Monday I did four and a half easy miles 10 minute miles with Helen.

The right decision isn't it there when you when you feel a bit grotty you know loads of people I coach feel just a bit grotty at this time of the year and they're going well what shall I do you know should I run should I rest should You know, should I run? Should I rest? Should I do more?

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